Paper carriers still deliver news door to door in Havertown, largely due to the efforts of one woman, writes Matt DeLucia and Cherise Lynch for NBC 10 Philadelphia.
Nancy Saul has been guiding paper carriers on their Havertown routes for four and a half decades.
They deliver The News & Press of Delaware County, as the young delivery boys and girls, on foot and on bikes, learn valuable life skills.
Saul is in charge of 21 kids and teens who pound the pavement, delivering the paper across town.
“It’s been meaningful and rewarding to see the kids learn so much,” Saul told NBC10. “They learn to manage money, maintain records, social skills, people skills, problem-solving, time management.”
Dennis Donnely was one of Sauls’ carriers back in the 1980s. Now he’s a police detective.
“I deal with people all the time now. I feel like that helped me in my career,” he said.
Saul started the group when there were about 6,000 customers in Havertown. Today, there are only 480, but she’s not going anywhere.
“I’ll be here as long as the paper kids are here,” Saul said.
Read more about this decades-old tradition that keeps on going at NBC 10 Philadelphia.
